Ubuntu logo/Mandelbrot set separated at birth?

Eamonn Sullivan eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com
Mon Sep 11 13:45:36 BST 2006


On 9/11/06, Myriam Rita Schweingruber <myriam at pharma-traduction.ch> wrote:
> Hi Eamonn,
>
> Am Montag, 11. September 2006 13:13 schrieb Eamonn Sullivan:
> > This is just a random thought and may be old news, but is the
> > similarity between Ubuntu's logo and the Mandelbrot set [1] a
> > coincidence or by design? I could imagine a connection between the
> > ideas of "order through chaos" and the free software movement being on
> > purpose, but that may be just me reaching a bit....
>
> I think, the logo derives from the original 3-people ring [0] which was on the
> cover of the first Ubuntu release. But to be sure we should ask Mark or Jeff
> Waugh who seem to be those who created the logo.
>
> And I must say, there is - at least for me - not much similarity with the
> Mandelbrot set. There was definitely a connection to the Mandelbrot set in
> early SuSE where they used various fractals on the covers of their CD sets
> [1]. But there might also just be a relation to the chameleon tail :-) [2]
>

yes, I guess I'm still half-asleep. I saw the big round bit in the
middle and the three smaller round bits on the outside as similar to
the whole (zoomed all the way out) M-set. I'll shut up now...

-Eamonn



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